‘Halo 4′ Launches The Reclaimer Trilogy; New Concept Art

Published 3 years ago
by
Alex Sebenski
, Updated August 31st, 2011 at 8:30 am,

This morning at PAX Prime Halo Fest 343 Industriesheld a panel to talk to their fans more about the Halo franchise and didn’t escape without dropping some news on their current project, Halo 4. The biggest announcement was the name of the series: The Reclaimer Trilogy. As you may know, 343 Guilty Spark, a character in the Halo series often refers to Master Chief as ‘The Reclaimer’ so it seems 343 Industries has decidedly locked Master Chief into the title role of the next three games of the Halo franchise.

The panel didn’t reveal too much information about Halo 4‘s plot as 343 kept their lips sealed when it came to spoilers, but they did answer several interesting questions from the crowd. The panel explained that players can expect some of the old gritty UNSC weapons, as well as new upgrades thanks to the discovery of Forerunner technology. And we can’t forget the Halo 4 Warthog which will first appear in Forza Motorsport 4 this fall.

The always important co-op mode was confirmed, but whether the second, third and fourth players would be included in the story or would just be ignored during cutscenes wasn’t clearly answered. The map creation tool, Forge, was mentioned as an important connection to the community and is expected to return in Halo 4 but no improvements were detailed.

At the end of the panel the team showed off some Halo 4 concept art that we’ve compiled below, take a look:

i love everything im reading. except the fact that its a trilogy. i would much rather have the story amount be unknown. i mean now i know that it will take three games to tell the story. i love the fact, but im also mad that i wont be surprised when halo 4 ends in a cliff hanger

so for those of us that read the books:
their are several other SPARTAN II’s still alive, but trapped in a “shield world” in the center of a nuclear blasted forerunner planet onyx.
what if chief accidently stumbles onto onyx or even the shield world itself? this would still stay along the lines of the “reclaimer” title, it would give the game several co-op characters to use, it would fit with the “isolated forerunner world” profile from the teaser and it would be in tune with halo lore.